Yup, use a snap clip. I love the look of these bows on older girls and I have sold quite a few. I just use the french clips. I have found (if you sell them) that people really need to see the bow on a girl before they warmed up to it. I got my SIL to try one on her daughter and now she is hooked! She already has plans for lots in her daughter's uniform colors for school this coming Fall.